Spouse characteristics | Referred | Direct | p-valuec | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
N = 5307 | N = 3436 | ||||
n a | (%)b | n a | (%)b | ||
Demographics | |||||
Sex | .0067 | ||||
Male | 725 | (7.4) | 401 | (6.1) | |
Female | 4582 | (92.6) | 3035 | (93.9) | |
Age (years) | <.0001* | ||||
17–24 | 1339 | (31.7) | 675 | (25.1) | |
25–34 | 3309 | (58.8) | 2344 | (65.7) | |
35–44 | 533 | (8.0) | 333 | (7.5) | |
> 44 | 126 | (1.4) | 84 | (1.6) | |
Race/ethnicity | .0285 | ||||
White, non-Hispanic | 4183 | (76.5) | 2622 | (73.6) | |
Black, non-Hispanic | 226 | (5.7) | 146 | (5.6) | |
Hispanic | 461 | (10.1) | 332 | (11.2) | |
Other | 410 | (7.8) | 315 | (9.6) | |
Education | .0067 | ||||
Less than bachelor’s | 3198 | (67.3) | 1979 | (64.2) | |
Bachelor’s or higher | 2097 | (32.7) | 1447 | (35.8) | |
Number of children | <.0001* | ||||
0 | 2105 | (40.1) | 1475 | (42.5) | |
1 | 1464 | (27.8) | 1015 | (29.6) | |
2 | 1061 | (19.7) | 657 | (19.7) | |
3 or more | 677 | (12.4) | 289 | (8.2) | |
Employment | <.0001* | ||||
Full-time | 1730 | (29.7) | 1284 | (35.2) | |
Part-time | 694 | (13.7) | 404 | (12.1) | |
Not employed, looking for work | 536 | (11.3) | 298 | (9.6) | |
Not employed, not looking for work | 246 | (4.5) | 150 | (4.6) | |
Homemaker | 1849 | (36.2) | 1130 | (33.5) | |
Student | 237 | (4.6) | 160 | (5.1) | |
Financial problems or worries | .0003* | ||||
Not bothered | 2480 | (42.3) | 1761 | (46.7) | |
Bothered a little or a lot | 2754 | (57.7) | 1651 | (53.3) | |
Military characteristics of the service member | |||||
Deployment status | <.0001* | ||||
Nondeployed | 1783 | (29.9) | 1190 | (32.2) | |
Deployed without combat | 594 | (10.4) | 473 | (13.4) | |
Deployed with combat | 2925 | (59.8) | 1751 | (54.4) | |
Service branch | <.0001* | ||||
Air Force | 1338 | (14.4) | 1180 | (21.8) | |
Army | 2561 | (53.3) | 1383 | (45.0) | |
Marine Corps | 485 | (14.6) | 292 | (14.5) | |
Navy/Coast Guard | 923 | (17.8) | 581 | (18.7) | |
Component | .0006* | ||||
Active duty | 4109 | (78.1) | 2773 | (81.4) | |
Reserve/National Guard | 1198 | (21.9) | 663 | (18.6) | |
Pay grade | .0785 | ||||
Enlisted | 4002 | (87.2) | 2552 | (86.1) | |
Officer | 1305 | (12.8) | 884 | (13.9) | |
Spouse’s military experience | .2629 | ||||
Never | 4374 | (85.9) | 2784 | (84.6) | |
Prior | 488 | (6.7) | 341 | (7.3) | |
Current | 432 | (7.4) | 302 | (8.1) | |
Individual health and adjustment | |||||
Mental component score | .0028 | ||||
Lowest 15th percentile | 833 | (17.7) | 462 | (14.8) | |
Middle 70th percentile | 3609 | (69.0) | 2428 | (70.2) | |
Highest 15th percentile | 772 | (13.3) | 523 | (15.0) | |
Physical component score | .0534 | ||||
Lowest 15th percentile | 815 | (16.6) | 480 | (14.8) | |
Middle 70th percentile | 3640 | (69.0) | 2391 | (69.6) | |
Highest 15th percentile | 759 | (14.3) | 542 | (15.7) | |
Marital | |||||
Years of marriage | <.0001* | ||||
< 2 | 810 | (19.4) | 380 | (14.7) | |
2–5 | 2978 | (57.8) | 1974 | (57.8) | |
6–10 | 1095 | (18.5) | 826 | (22.3) | |
≥ 11 | 338 | (4.4) | 238 | (5.2) | |
Difficulties with significant other | .0003* | ||||
Not bothered | 3414 | (62.8) | 2366 | (67.1) | |
Bothered a little or a lot | 1806 | (37.2) | 1048 | (32.9) | |
Abbreviated quality of marriage index, mean (SE) | 17.15 | (0.06) | 17.13 | (0.08) | .8263 |
Military life | |||||
Months away from home (service member), mean (SE) | 3.31 | (0.06) | 3.02 | (0.07) | .0009* |
Hours of work per week (service member), mean (SE) | 45.77 | (0.32) | 46.40 | (0.39) | .2116 |
Work-family conflict scale, mean (SE) | 21.44 | (0.08) | 21.41 | (0.10) | .8255 |
Deployment stress, mean (SE) | 1.67 | (0.02) | 1.59 | (0.02) | .0026 |
Injury stress, mean (SE) | 0.63 | (0.02) | 0.61 | (0.02) | .3100 |
Family stress, mean (SE) | 1.69 | (0.02) | 1.63 | (0.02) | .0417 |
Family | |||||
Caring for others | .0028 | ||||
Not bothered | 2867 | (54.3) | 1999 | (58.0) | |
Bothered a little or a lot | 2358 | (45.7) | 1414 | (42.0) |